14540GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Google turns Android phones into earthquake sensors; California to get alertshttps://www.oann.com/google-turns-android-phones-into-earthquake-sensors-california-to-get-alerts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-turns-android-phones-into-earthquake-sensors-california-to-get-alertsAugust 11, 2020. By Paresh Dave. OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google’s Android phones on Tuesday started detecting earthquakes around the world to provide data that could eventually give billions of users precious seconds of warning of a tremor nearby, with an alerting feature first rolling out in California.Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:24:00 +0200oann-8701636b5d8d2f017ef29773f110447620200812002400Google turns Android phones into earthquake sensorshttps://japantoday.com/category/tech/google-turns-android-phones-into-earthquake-sensors-california-to-get-alertsAlphabet Inc's Google's Android phones on Tuesday started detecting earthquakes around the world to provide data that could eventually give billions of users precious seconds of warning of a tremor nearby, with an alerting feature first rolling out in California.Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:22:00 +0200japantoday-f60c0f5a019876ea2ae07e471a07fc0a20200812002200Google is building a crowdsourced earthquake detection system using Android phoneshttps://www.techspot.com/news/86333-google-building-crowdsourced-earthquake-detection-system-using-android.htmlWhy it matters: During a natural disaster, a few seconds can literally be the difference between life and death. That’s why Google has announced intentions to turn Android devices into mini seismometers that can be used to issue a warning to other devices in the region when shaking has been detected.Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:17:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-8c9afd270a32c2a62b67e4501b8aa3e420200811231700Google Turns Android Phones Into Earthquake Sensors; California to Get Alertshttps://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2020/08/11/298697.htmOAKLAND, Calif. — Alphabet Inc’s Google’s Android phones on Tuesday started detecting earthquakes around the world to provide data that could eventually give billions of users precious seconds of warning of a tremor nearby, with an alerting feature first rolling out in California.Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:22:00 +0200claimsjournal-dae7313776999ebd567556154d6c67cd20200811192200